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AN EXTRA HOUR FOR TV, FAMILY, FRIENDS, FUN.


I think I can call my friends to come over and we can work on our homework together. We can watch T.V. and play when we're finished.

- Nicolas Christou, 8

St. Nicholas School

Northridge

On my extra hour I would like to go for a walk with my dad and my brother, and ride my bike. I would do that because I want to enjoy that extra hour.

- Amanda Chandler, 8

St. Nicholas School

Northridge

April 6 I would use my extra hour to wake up and do a lot of exercise at the park with my mom and sisters. We would play at the park and can go to the stores.

- Leana Vaughan, 8

Coldwater Canyon Elementary School elementary school: see school.  

North Hollywood

I will have fun with that extra hour of daylight. When I have friends spend the night we will be able to stay out later. I like staying out late to like throw a ball with a friend. I really like to play hide and seek late.

- Olivia Powell, 10

Tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as  Elementary School

Palmdale

With an extra hour of daylight I would play a game with my mother. She likes to play games with me. Her favorite games are monopoly, Don't Break the Ice Don't Break the Ice is a game manufactured by Milton Bradley, a subsidiary of Hasbro. The game is designed for two to four players, aged three and up. The game is set up by placing plastic "ice" blocks in a tight-fitting, raised stand with space for 36 blocks arranged in a square. , and Santa Barbopoly. That's what I would do with an extra hour of daylight.

- Nikolaus Carlson, 11

Tumbleweed Elementary School

Palmdale

With my extra hour of daylight from Daylight Savings Time I plan to play with my brother because I'm usaly playing with my friends. I decided to play with him sometimes during my extra hour. I will also play with my friends.

- Janelle Thomas, 8

Chaparral chaparral (chăpərăl`), type of plant community in which shrubs are dominant. It occurs usually in regions having from 10 to 20 in. (25–50 cm) of rainfall annually and with a Mediterranean-type climate.  Elementary School

Palmdale

On Daylight Savings Time I will probably go shopping, biking, rollerblading, play with my friends, or maybe go swimming.

- Susan Mahabady, 8

Chaparral Elementary School

Palmdale

I can't wait until Daylight Savings Time begins! About 14 kids on our street all come out and play. We have water gun fights, we play hid and go seek, tag, I Spy I spy is a guessing game usually played in families with young children, partly to assist in both observation and in alphabet familiarity. I spy is often played as a car game. , rollorblade, and ride bikes. We stay outside until 10:00 or so. We just have a blast!

- Melinda Lucas, 10

Peachland Elementary School

Newhall

With my extra hour I will play outside. Whopee! I will also have extra time for homework. I will probably rollerblade though.

- Heather Robbins, 10

Peachland Elementary School

Newhall

I would watch soap opras because when there was no extra hour I would be doing my homework. My dad gets mad when I watch T.V. and he thinks I haven't done my homework, but I have. Anyways an·y·ways  
adv. Nonstandard
In any case.

Adv. 1. anyways - used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I
, my mom is there with me.

- Giselle Ignacio, 8

Arminta Street School

North Hollywood

With my extra hour of daylight I plan to skate skate, fish: see ray.
skate

Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m).
 up and down the bumpy bump·y  
adj. bump·i·er, bump·i·est
1. Covered with or full of bumps: a bumpy country road.

2. Marked by bumps and jolts; rough: a bumpy flight.
 sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. . Usually the sky darkens around dinner time, 6:00. But now I will be able to race around the block with my friends longer. I also jumprope and play basketball with my friends Karind, Jenny and Lucky. I am glad I have an extra hour to play with my friends.

- Georgette Georgette

Mary Richards’ coworker and Ted Baxter’s wife; epitomizes gullibility. [TV: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in Terrace, II, 70]

See : Gullibility


Georgette

Ted Baxter’s pretty, ignorant wife.
 Brotherson, 11-1/2

Welby Way School

West Hills

If I had a extra hour on April 6, I would go outside and I would start playing basketball and then I would go inside and play one hour of Sega.

- Erika Vigil vigil (vĭj`əl) [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast and then waited outside the church until dawn for the liturgy (Mass). , 10

Oxnard Street School

North Hollywood

When I go out to play I'll get one more hour of playtime. When I get one more hour I'm going to play until it gets dark. I'll play with my next door neighbor until it gets dark. We'll have icecream and all kinds of snacks. We'll even get to do more stuff in the tree-house.

- Jessica Sherman, 10

Park View Center School

Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969.  

I will spend my time with my baby brother, Ceasar. He is one years old. He is really funny, for example almost every time he hears a song he dances and acts funny.

- Noel Alvarenga, 10

Park View Center School

Simi Valley

On April 6, we will turn our clocks forward 1 hour. If you get up at 7:00, it will feel like 6:00. At night, you will go to bed 1 hour earlier, even though the clock says your same bed time. I'll go outside and play games. I'll go to my friend's house and play with him. Then I'll go to bed.

- Bernard Benitez, 8

John Muir School

Glendale

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Photo: (1) Mario Hernandez, 10, of Oxnard Street School plans to spend the extra hour of daylight with his family, watching the sky on a bright, sunny day.

(2) For Nina Gebhardt, 10, of Peachland Elementary School, an extra hour of daylight means more time for gardens and things to play.
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Date:Apr 8, 1997
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